3d printable drones
3D Printing News Briefs, July 22, 2023: Renewable Energy, Construction, Shoes, & More
We’re kicking off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with additive construction, as RCAM Technologies will purchase a gantry robot system from CyBe Construction and PERI 3D Construction has begun work…
3D Printing Drone Swarms, Part 9: Standing Post
As we discuss in our ongoing 3D Printing Drone Swarms series, additive manufacturing (AM) will play an increasing role in the production of all manner of semi-sentient robots. This has…
U.K.’s heliguy to 3D Print More Drone Parts In-house
As we cover unmanned aerial vehicles and other autonomous craft in my series on 3D printing drone swarms, we regularly come across businesses that are relying on additive manufacturing (AM)…
3D Printing Drone Swarms, Part 4: Democratization of Drones
As we discuss in our ongoing 3D Printing Drone Swarms series, additive manufacturing (AM) will play an increasing role in the production of all manner of semi-sentient robots. This has…
3D Printing Drone Swarms, Part 2: Why 3D Print UAVs?
As we discuss in our ongoing 3D Printing Drone Swarms series, additive manufacturing (AM) will play an increasing role in the production of all manner of semi-sentient robots. This has…
3D Printed Drones Impress Evonik and Continue to Prove Real-World Utility
Chemical company Evonik, like many other chemical companies, saw the opportunity there is in 3D printing and began manufacturing materials for the technology along with its other products a while ago,…
US Marine Designs 3D Printed Surveillance Drone at Fraction of Regular Cost
There are all sorts of applications for 3D printing in the military, from a submarine hull and a trauma simulator to missile components and surveillance drones. Recently, Rhet McNeal, a 26-year-old…
KU Leuven Researchers Use 3D Printing to Develop Hybrid CargoCopter Drones
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, or University of Leuven (KU Leuven), is located in Leuven, Belgium; if this sounds familiar, it’s because Materialise is also located in the city of Leuven, about 16 miles outside…
3D Printed Drone Combines Embedded Electronics with Extreme Heat Resistance
We’ve talked about search and rescue drones, and even a drone that could help fight fires. But what about a drone that could, theoretically, fly into the extremely hot environment…
Piccolissimo: University of Pennsylvania Uses 3D Printing to Create Smallest Self-Flying Vehicle
ModLab, the modular robotics laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, recently revealed the world’s smallest self-flying vehicle called Piccolissimo which relies on 3D printed custom frames for extra speed and…
Instructables’ and Shapeways’ New Drone Contest is Giving Away iPads, GoPros and Bionic Birds. Oh My.
Online educational maker project repository Instructables is teaming up with 3D printing service provider Shapeways for yet another design contest. This time around Instructables users are being asked to create…
Search and Rescue: Shapeways and DJI Introduce Phantom 4 Drone Accessory 3D Design Challenge
DJI’s Phantom 4 is a drone that has received much attention for its integrated camera, sleek design, and long flying range. Now, DJI has teamed up with 3D printing services…
3DRobotics Releases 3D Printable IRIS+ Drone Free on MyMiniFactory
Berkeley-based drone manufacturer 3DRobotics has teamed up with 3D printable model marketplace MyMiniFactory to release a free 3D printable version of their flagship drone the IRIS+. The original IRIS+ was…
